the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A clerk, a clergyman.
adj. Same as clerical.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A clerk; a clergyman or scholar.
Same as clerical, 1.
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n. a clergyman or other person in religious orders
Word Usage
"Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, himself a Catholic, said on Friday that he regretted what he described as the cleric's deeply conservative attitude."